Gentlemen – further to my Hot Key thread elsewhere on this board . . . . . (Bear with Me please the Tale unfolding has a point and an interesting [discovery at the End).
This very morning – coming up to Lunchtime in the Carroll household, Sgt. Jack (8) was in a strop and arguing with the Empress of the Universe, (behind Me sitting at the Lap-Top), about what it was He would eat for Lunch. The E.o.U. laid it on fairly thickly regarding what He WOULD eat and what He would NOT be eating. In a rare show of petulance, the Li’ll Sgt. stomped his foot and flung what he had in his hand at the floor with all the strength he could muster!
IT was a ‘zing-zing’ ball – a ping-pong ball sized rubber ball which altho’ hitting a thickly carpeted floor, mustered enough ‘zing’ to barely clear my head, glance off my forehead from above, hit the screen, mash into 3-4 keys, back off the screen onto some more keys, roll (& press) a few more, hit my elbow and trundle across the floor and out into the Hall.
I turned and informed the Sgt, that he’d draw double-shift, picket duty for the rest of the month if He ever repeated his performance again and returned to my recon of a HPS Vicksburg scenario.
LO! I had just selected a Unit, before I was ‘zinged’. The Unit was still selected . . . BUT – in the Right-Clicked mode. So – instead of the Unit picture – I had their OOB on display AND the hex Terrain info. I goggled for a moment and selected a few other Units in succession – ALL the same display!!! It Was BRILLIANT for quickly assessing the Units relationship to the other Units nearby, their AC, CC etc . . . . . .
Disappointingly – when I selected an empty Hex . . . every Hex – empty or occupied – went back to the default display.
If the Designers. Play-Testers or Modders cannot invent a suitable Hot Key – or divulge to the ACWGC Membership what the
?existing? HotKey, Key combo or Code . . . . . . I’ll be FORCED to insist that Sgt. Jack ‘zings’ me on a regular basis when I am on a Recon!!!!!
The Empress of the Universe will NOT be pleased and She is an Awesomely Vengeful Creature!!
CAN ANYONE HELP ME OUT . . . . . . PURLLLLLLLLLLlllllllleeeeeeeeeeeeeeezzzzzzzze!
Pat.
